Anyone give up on dating in NYC and decide to adopt/have a child on their own? How did you manage the process. I’m 30 and keep getting hurt by men so I give up looking but I want a family. Maybe I can have a single parent family of my own

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You have time and I think egg freezing may be the better route than jumping into adoption. Even without egg freezing, I know of plenty women Black/Latina women having their first child in their late 30s and early-mid 40s naturally. Also, whatever you decide please do it with a cool, clear head and not out of place of hurt. (Btw I’m 34, single and childless but want kids too)

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Outcomes on egg freezing are abysmal. Don't waste the money. Freeze embryos, or start the IUI/IVF process

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This won’t help you much OP but I’m realizing something interesting. I don’t know a single man who has been “hurt by women” who decided to adopt a kid to start their own family as a single parent. Why do women do it?

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I don't know if he's been hurt, but I did meet a single man that had adopted 2 boys on his own. It's not common but they exist and I don't see anything wrong with starting a family on your own if you're in a position financially and mentally to do so.

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